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Two Sons Matthew 21:28-32

“What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went. The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir’; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.”

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Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.

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Working in the Vineyard The grape harvest in Biblical times was very important. Grape vines were best planted on a hillside. The grapes would catch the sun well there, and the rain would run off the slope. Often the hillside would be stepped into a series of little terraces running along the slope. The edge of each terrace was maarked with a wall of stones and rocks.

The Rebellious Servants Matthew 21:33-46

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way.

Before planting new vines, the farmer broke up the soil with his hoe. Then he planted out the vines, leaving plenty of room between them. While some Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will vines grew along the ground, others needed sticks to respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, climb on. they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us Pruning kill him and get his inheritance.’ So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. During the winter the farmer cut out dead or broken branches. This left the healthy branches to Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what grow and bear grapes. will he do to those tenants?” They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and Grape Harvest lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him When the grapes were ready to pick, in July, the produce at the harvest time.” august or September, the farmer’s family often went Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the to live in a watchtower among the vines. At night scriptures: they could guard the grapes from thieves, and ‘The stone that the builders rejected during the day they picked the grapes, collecting them in big baskets. has become the cornerstone; The grape harvest was a festival time. there was much singing and dancing as well as plenty of hard work. Using the Grapes Some of the grapes were eaten fresh. Some grapes were crushed to make fresh grapejuice. Yet other grapes were spread out to dry in the sun to make raisins. But most of the grapes were pressed to make wine. Adapted from The Kregel Pictorial guide to Everyday Life in Bible Times by Tim Dowley.

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this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.